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node
node /n./ 1. [Internet, UUCP] A host machine on the network.
2. [MS-DOS BBSes] A dial-in line on a BBS. Thus an MS-DOS sysop
might say that his BBS has 4 nodes even though it has a single
machine and no Internet link, confusing an Internet hacker no end.
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